Zoroastrian Return to Roots (RTR) is a youth initiative designed to strengthen the idea of Zoroastrian identity among the global youth. The birth of the program emerged out of an increasing disconnect between Zoroastrians in the diaspora and their ancestral communities in Iran and India. The trip is a means of fostering community links and identity by taking small groups of youth to explore their religious, social and cultural heritage.

Vision

Return Zoroastrians to their roots

• Visit a combination of historical, cultural, religious and community sites in Mumbai and Gujarat as well as smaller communities in Delhi, Pune and other cities in India over the course of a 2 weeks trip.
• Meet Zoroastrian academics, researchers and local guides.
• Discover ways in which one can be part of the larger Zoroastrian community.

Reconnect Zoroastrians to their identity

• Bring together young Zoroastrians from across the world to recognize their commonalities and traditions.
• Participate in educational and community-service oriented activities, which reinforce and reinvigorate community links and identity.
• Discover one’s own personal connection to Zoroastrian values and traditions.

Revive the Zoroastrian Community

• Help realize opportunities for the Zoroastrian diaspora in India.
• Encourage Zoroastrians to take an active role in community development through Zoroastrian entrepreneurship and charity.
• Support and encourage local Zoroastrian enterprises.
• Take advantage of and contribute to Zoroastrian academia, music, art, oral traditions and business.